As the crop harvest proceeds from South Texas to the Northern High Plains, farmers will begin focusing on what to plant in 2016. The crop analyzer tool is available online for producers to use in analyzing their options and packaging loan renewal requests to lenders. The Excel spreadsheet tool is designed to allow individual producers to input their own production inputs and cost. Producers can compare estimated returns from various crops and do “what if” analyses by changing crop or input prices, yields, or production inputs.

The crop analyzer tool was previously introduced in the Texas Row Crop Newsletter April 7, 2015.

For more information, producers in the Texas High Plains can contact Steve Amosson (806-677-5600; s-amosson@tamu.edu) or DeDe Jones (806-677-5667; dd-jones@tamu.edu). The three South Texas decision tools for the Lower Rio Grande Valley, the Coastal Bend-Upper Gulf Coast and Uvalde-Winter Garden area are available by downloading using the link below or by contacting Levi Russell (lrussell@tamu.edu) or Mac Young (amyoung@ag.tamu.edu) at 361.265.9203. Producers in the Uvalde-Winter Garden can also contact Rob Hogan (830-278-9151; rhogan@ag.tamu.edu).